FMX DAREDEVIL RYAN CAPES LOOKS FOR 400 FEET!!

 FMX DAREDEVIL RYAN CAPES LOOKS FOR 400 FEET WITH NEW MONSTER ENERGY
TAKE-OFF RAMP!!

Posted on December 13, 2006, 8:02 am

CARLSBAD, Calif., (Dec. 14, 2006) - Ryan Capes, by far the reigning
king of all motorcycle jumpers, just got a nice Christmas gift this
past week from his main sponsor - Monster Energy.

"Monster bought me a new ramp," said Capes with a cat-like grin. "Sky's
the limit with this one. I'll go 400 feet for sure."

Whittled down a couple degrees in height and pitch from Capes' old
ramp, the new Monster Energy world record take-off ramp is destine to
send Capes into the stratosphere.

"We put a lot of thought and engineering into this new one," said
Capes. "The take-off is not as abrupt and it won't throw me quite as
high as my 310-foot jump (ramp), but I'll be able to hit it a LOT
faster, somewhere in the area of 90 mph - 5th gear wide open - to hit
400 feet according to our mathematics. And I'll be coming in like a
fighter jet for the landing, instead of dropping out of the sky."

On Capes' world record jump set last year he reached a height of 59'-6"
off the ground. The new jump he can hit at the same speed, but due to
the design his engineers calculate it'll send him out considerably
further (with less loft).

"The plan is to have it set up in a secret location in the Pacific
Northwest to test it out the second week in January," said Capes. "My
contract with Monster is for me to break my existing record next year.
I figure I'll warm up with some 250 to 280-foot jumps, then might go
ahead and break the world record then."

Capes said his next big scheduled public jump will be sometime in
February. And though the place and time hasn't been announced, Capes
said for sure that Monster Energy semis packed with product for the
fans will 'Fill the Gap' between his new ramp and his trusty landing
scaffold.

And in addition to his new record, Capes (who's hoping to sign a new
bike deal here soon) will also work to break both the four-stroke and
two-stroke distance records.

"I have a feeling that when I start practicing in January a couple of
records will be broken right away," he said. "And a 300-plus foot seat
grab isn't out of the question. I know I can do it."

Again, check out Capes on the Discover Channel's "Stunt Junkies"
program. For clips, link to: http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/
stuntjunkies/stuntjunkies.html

  editor@mxnewsfeed.com wrote:


Can a dirt bike go this fast? Damn. We need some longer straightways
where I race.
This is insane. That's 121 metres for the rest of the world. And he
plans on clearing this during the winter?

Gotta see that. Hope you can keep us posted on when Discovery Ch (or
which station) will be showing the flight.

 


You bet.  I'm selling a KDX 80 on Craig's list.  Here is one of the email
questions I got:

"how does this bike run? is it prety fast to? "

Many possible responses are tempting...

-Jeff Deeney-  DoD#0498 NCTR UTMA BRC COHVCO AMA
'99 ATK 260LQ-Stink Wheels  '94 XR650L-HellSickle
We don't stop riding because we get old, we get old because we stop riding.

 

 Sounds like a buyer and a Darwin '07 candidate all wrapped up in one tidy
package!  Sell Sell Sell

KW


riding.

 Wow. 400 feet. The mind reels. Picture a footbal field and then add
another 100 feet. I'm jst glad I'm not the one riding it. I imagine
Pastrana will do it too but with a backflip in there somewhere.OF



KW wrote: